The August 2016 issue of php[architect] magazine is now available! See how automation helps free up your time and reduce errors. In this issue, we have articles on deploying application updates with Ansible, using static analysis to check for PHP 7 readiness, and automating frequent tasks with Slack.

Also in this issue, you’ll find articles on approaches to Authorization, being more than an “OK” developer, generating dynamic charts with PHP & JavaScript, a story on the impact of community involvement, and more.

PHP 5 Unleashed, published by Sams and written by a team of 7 authors with John Coggeshall as lead, offers a great representation of how powerful PHP can be. It covers a wide variety of topics from the standard databasing and form handling to handling XML, encryption and even direct input/output to an underlying unix operating system.

He describes the contents of the book as well as the chapters that he found particularly interesting. Overall, though, he found the book to be quite excellent - especially at showing the power of our favorite scripting language. Check out the full review for more...

PHP 5 Unleashed, published by Sams and written by a team of 7 authors with John Coggeshall as lead, offers a great representation of how powerful PHP can be. It covers a wide variety of topics from the standard databasing and form handling to handling XML, encryption and even direct input/output to an underlying unix operating system.

He describes the contents of the book as well as the chapters that he found particularly interesting. Overall, though, he found the book to be quite excellent - especially at showing the power of our favorite scripting language. Check out the full review for more...